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Inga Laukaityte; Marie Wiberg – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2024
The overall aim was to examine effects of differences in group ability and features of the anchor test form on equating bias and the standard error of equating (SEE) using both real and simulated data. Chained kernel equating, Postratification kernel equating, and Circle-arc equating were studied. A college admissions test with four different…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Test Items, College Entrance Examinations, High Stakes Tests
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Yeh, Stuart S. – Journal of Education Finance, 2019
The conventional view is that the origin of the black-white student achievement gap can be traced to sociocultural and socioeconomic factors, plus variation in parental style and parental investment, and is maintained and perpetuated by variation in school and teacher quality. This article rejects the conventional view, drawing upon the results of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Racial Differences, Etiology, Grading